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The Civil Guard dismantled a specialized scams thymus "holy card" group (02/03/2015)

In addition to committing 32 crimes of fraud were also charged crime of illegal possession of weapons, criminal organization, theft, false imprisonment, threats, coercion, embezzlement and document forgery and damage;

reaching a total of 45 offenses

The Civil Guard have arrested two people and five other accused as members of a specialized criminal group commit fraud using the method known scam, performing in several provinces of the country, esclareciéndose a total of 45 criminal acts which 32 are crimes of scams.

Team of the Organic Unit of the Judicial Police of the Guardia Civil de Manzanares, launched in October last year the operation called "Timoti", after detecting a resurgence of crimes of fraud by the method of thymus cited previously in towns of La Solana, Coldstream and Bolaños de Calatrava.

Following initial inquiries, together with the statements of victims and witnesses of these crimes, combined with a detailed databases Corps addition to multiple practiced steps analysis, it was determined that it was an organized group, which acted nationally.

The researchers conducted an exploration of the possible perpetrators of these scams, where group members identified after a laborious and arduous search and a thorough search of people who normally dealt in specialized stores selling jewelry, being able to locate the address of the same which returning after committing wrongful acts.

On February 9, an operation will amount to the exploitation phase of "Timoti" operation, which resulted in the arrest of two members of the group, PML, 55 years old, resident of Colmenar Viejo (Madrid) and ASR, 44 years old, resident of Casarrubios del Monte (Toledo) as alleged perpetrators.

Also we proceeded to the imputation of ASG, 21-year-old neighbor Casarrubios del Monte (Toledo);

GCLL, 54 years old, resident of Cariño (La Coruña);

JCPA, 52 years old, resident of Madrid;

PGC, 23 years old, resident of Guadalajara and FJGH, 50-year-old man from Segovia.

Two house searches, one in the town of Colmenar Viejo (Madrid) and the other in Casarrubios del Monte (Toledo), in which jewelry stolen from the victims along with two shotguns, three extenders gun, cartridges and slugs were recovered were performed , two pistols, a rifle, two knives fourteen mobile phones, a balaclava and the vehicle used to commit unlawful acts.

The modus operandi of this criminal organization was moved from the Midwest to provinces throughout Spain on a luxury car with tinted windows, for a time in the area where they had set goals which commit scams, addressing people mainly elderly.

Trying to fool with "known scam", getting it in many cases.

For other cases, when they were discovered by the victim, used violence and intimidation, threats to illegally detain the person in order to get money.

As detainees besides the 32 fraud offenses committed in the towns of Ciudad Real: Bolaños de Calatrava (1), Campo Criptana (1), Pedro Muñoz (1), Socuéllamos (1), Argamasilla de Alba ( 1) Tomelloso (3) Coldstream (2) and La Solana (3).

In the province of Toledo: Miguel Esteban (1), Madridejos (1) Torrijos (2) Urda (1).

In the province of Cáceres: Navalmoral (1).

In Cuenca: Tarancón (1) San Clemente (1).

In Albacete: Villarrobledo (4) and Ossa de Montiel (1).

In Huesca: Fraga (1).

In Valencia: Cheste (1) Requena (1) Alcasser (1).

In Murcia: Bullas (1).

And in Guadalajara Marchamalo (1).

They were also accused of the crimes of illegal possession of arms, document forgery, damage, theft, misappropriation, false imprisonment, threats, coercion and criminal organization, having clarified a total of forty-five crimes nationwide, obtaining an economic pillar of 106,000 euros.

Card scam

The victim is approached by a scammer supposedly undermining mental faculties.

The scammer carries an envelope full of cash, which gives no importance, treating them as holy cards.

Then comes in one second timador (hook), who convinces the victim to mislead the fallen together offering a small amount of money for their estampitas.

After delivering the money, the victim receives the envelope, but when you open it, instead of finding tickets, find scraps of paper, and who have made the big switch seamlessly to the victim (requires a certain skill).

By that time, scammers are already too far, and the victim has lost his money.

The proceedings initiated have been delivered in the Court of 1st Instance and Instruction Almagro (Ciudad Real).

Source: Ministerio del Interior

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